Question

Wind song is paid $15.50 per hour, with overtime pay of time-and-a-half for saturday work and double time for sunday. calculate her gross pay if she worked 38 hours during the week (monday through friday) and 8 hours sunday. (round your answer to the nearest cent)

Answer 1

Gross pay = $837

Explanation:

Rate of Pay:

General = $15.50/hours

Saturday overtime payment = 15.5*1.5 = $23.25/hours

Sunday overtime payment = 15.5*2 = $31/hours

Hours worked:

Monday through Friday = 38 hours

Sunday = 8 hours

Gross pay:

= (Hours worked Monday through Friday * General Rate) + (Hours worked Sunday * Sunday overtime payment)

=(38*15.5) + (8*31)

= 589 + 248

= 837

Answer 2

When we say "double time for Sunday," we can compute the pay by multiplying the pay by 2 and using the given hours, or we can multiply the hours by 2 and use the given pay. It may be easier to do the latter.

... (38 h + 2×8 h) × ($15.50/h) = 54×$15.50 = $837

Wind Song's gross pay for the week will be $837.00.